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Actual

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Effettivo, reale, vero e proprio

Mentre attuale: present, current

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Actually

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Realmente, a dire il vero

Mentre attualmente: at present, now

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To advert

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Riferisi a, menzionare

Mentre avvertire: to inform, to tell, to notify, to warn

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Agenda

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Ordine del giorno

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To allege

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Dichiarare, affermare

Mentre allegare: to enclose, to attach

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To apprehend

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Arrestare/comprendere

Mentre apprendere: to learn

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Argument

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Discussione, litigio

Mentre argomento: subject, topic

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To assist

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Aiutare

Mentre assistere a qualcosa: to attend, to see

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To avert

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Allontanare, evitare, distogliere

Mentre avvertire: to inform, to notify, to warn

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Billion

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Miliardo

mentre bilione: trillion

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Casualty

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Vittima, perdite, infortunio

Mentre casualità: chance, coincidence

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Caution

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Cautela/avvertimento, diffida

Mentre cauzione: security, bail

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Colloquium

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Riunione, seminario

Mentre colloquio: interview

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Commodity

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Prodotto, merce, articolo

Mentre comodità: comfort

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Comprehensive

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Esauriente, completo

Mentre comprensivo: understanding, sympathetic

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Concurrence

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Assenso/concorso/conflitto

Concurrence of jurisdiction: conflitto di Giurisdizione

Concurrence of charges: concorso di capi di imputazione

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Conference

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Convegno, congresso

Mentre conferenza: lecture

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Confidence

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Fiducia

Mentre confidenza: familiarity, intimacy

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Contest

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Concorso, competizione

Mentre contesto: context

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Convenience

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Utilità, vantaggio, comodità

Mentre convenienza economica: cheapness

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To demand

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Esigere, pretendere

Mentre domandare: to ask

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Depandant

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Persona carico

Mentre dipendente: employee

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Editor

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Redattore, curatore

Mentre editore: publisher

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Educated

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Istruito

Mentre educato: polite, well-behaved

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Egregious
Enorme, spropositato | Mentre egregio: eminent, distinguished, dear
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Estate
Proprietá, patrimonio | Mentre estate: summer
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To evade
Evitare, sfuggire a | Mentre evadere: escape, run away
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Eventual
Finale, conclusivo | Mentre eventuale: any, possible
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Eventually
Alla fine, finalmente | Mentre eventualmente: in case, if necessary
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Execution of contract
Sottoscrizione del contatto | Mentre esecuzione del contratto: performance of the contract
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Fabric
Tessuto | Mentre fabbrica: factory
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Facilities
Attrezzature, impianti, opportunità, mezzi | Mentre facilità: easiness, ease
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Factory
Fabbrica | Mentre fattoria: farm
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Finally
Alla fine | Mentre finalmente: at last
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Firm
Azienda, società, studio | Mentre firma: signature
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Furniture
Mobili, arredo | Mentre fornitura: supply
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Genteel
Distinto, elegante | Mentre gentile: kind
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Graduate
Laureato
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In fact
In realtà | Mentre infatti: indeed
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Incident (if referred to a real property)
Caso, evento, diritto accessorio | Mentre incidente: accident
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Inconsistent
Illocigo, incorente | Mentre inconsistente: unfoundend, groundless
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Inconvenient
Scomodo, fastidioso, inopportuno (Mentre inconveniente: difficulty, obstacle, drawback) (Sconveniente: unbecoming)
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Injury
Ferita, lesione | Mentre ingiuria: insult, abuse
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Lecture
Conferenza, lezione universitaria | Mentre lettura: reading
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Library
Biblioteca | Mentre libreria: bookstore
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To license
Concedere una licenza, autorizzare | Mentre licenziare: to fire, to lay off
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Litigation
Contenzionso | Mentre litigio: quarrel, argument, fight
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Magazine
Rivista | Mentre magazzino: warehouse, stocks
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Morose
Culo, imbronciato | Mentre moroso: adj: in default, in arrears, nome: defaulter, overdue debtor
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Notice
Avviso, annuncio | Mentre notizia: news, information
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To occur
Accadere, succedere | Mentre occorrere: to need
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Patent
Brevetto | Mentre patente: driving license
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Petrol
Benzina | Mentre petrolio: oil
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Possibly
Forse, probabilmente | Mentre possibilmente: if possible
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To pretend
Fingere | Mentre pretendere: to demand, to claim
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To prevaricate
Agire in modo ambiguo, tergiversare | Mentre prevaricare: abuse one's Office
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Process
Procedura, atto di un procedimento | Mentre processo: trial
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Prospect
Prospettiva, eventualità | Mentre prospetto: table, schedule, prospectus
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Rate
Aliquota | Mentre rata: instalment
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Realty
Beni immobili, proprietà fondiaria | Mentre realtà: reality
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Relevant
Relativo, pertinente | Mentre rilevante: considerable, inportant
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To retain
Conservare, mantenere, impegnare | Mentre ritenere: to consider, to deem
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Retribution
Punizione/ricompensa | Mentre retribuzione: renuneration, Wage, salary
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Scarcely
Appena, a mala pena | Mentre scarsemente: scantly, barely
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Scope
Ambito, portata | Mentre scopo: aim, objective
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Sensible
Ragionevole | Mentre sensibile: sensitive
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Sentence
Condannare | Mentre sentenza: judgement, ruling, decision
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Society
Societá (non commerciale) | Mentre società commerciale: company, firm
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Testimony
Testimonianza, deposizione | Mentre testimone: witness
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Ultimately
In fine, in definitive | Mentre ultimamente: recently, lately

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